Lecturer, Cyber Security

Deakin:

Deakin is a Australian university with a global impact. We are agile and innovative, and committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education and research and the contributions we make to the wider community.

Deakin campuses sit on Wadawurrung, Wurundjeri, and Eastern Maar Countries, and the University acknowledges, values and deeply respects its connection with the Traditional Custodians and Elders past and present of these lands and waterways. Deakin is the most popular university destination in Victoria for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and has a rich history of supporting the ambitions of First Nations students, including through the NIKERI Institute (formerly the Institute of Koorie Education).

Strategic Plan – Deakin 2030: Ideas to Impact

Benefits of working at Deakin:

The Faculty of Business and Law is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching, learning, creating and social development and fostering cutting-edge research and discovery. The Deakin Business School places high emphasis on research that makes a difference and is solution-led. We work closely with industry partners and the government to put findings into practice.

Deakin is the first University in the world to open an international teaching campus in India. The state-of- the-art campus opened in mid-2024 in the heart of the smart business district, GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) and will give students access to future-ready Deakin postgraduate courses aligned with local employment needs. The program directly supports Deakin’s aspiration for innovative international education partnerships. that provide lasting value for students, partners, and Deakin. With an ‘In India, with India and for India’ approach, the initiative will also provide opportunities for Deakin and the students to work closely with GIFT City and its industry partners.

The Lecturer, Cyber Security (GIFT City) will be responsible for upholding Deakin’s excellence by delivering teaching initially in Master of Cyber Security (Professional), ensuring appropriate employment outcomes for Deakin students at the end of their study. The Lecturer will be required to undertake research and publish in the area of Cyber Security and/or related fields. The incumbent will promote assistance in the promotion of the school and the maintenance of links and partnerships with relevant academic, industry and professional communities.

Accountabilities:

Education and Employability:

• Lead unit teaching teams and work collaboratively with other unit teaching teams in the course to develop effective unit curricula and learning resources (including through unit leadership roles). Contribute to the review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• Assist in applying industry, clinical and/or research practice into student learning experiences, success, engagement and resources.
• Adopt innovation in curriculum design at the unit level and deliver learner-centric, research-informed teaching practices across different levels / modes of delivery.
• Maintain deep discipline knowledge which is applied to inform unit design.
• Design collaborative learning opportunities at the unit level. Support diverse learners by designing accessible and inclusive unit material and practices.
• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit level. Provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes. Monitor and adapt assessment practices to improve learning outcomes.
• Provide academic support to students within units and guide students to appropriate support services where appropriate.
• Contribute effectively to a culture of educational excellence and engage collaboratively with peers. Build teaching and learning capability related to discipline or pedagogy and effective unit teaching teams and support the professional development of junior colleagues.
• Assist in integrating new pedagogical research across all aspects of education. Advance knowledge within their specific fields/areas of teaching, scholarship and pedagogical research activity.
• Contribute to discipline-based educational or pedagogy research projects and demonstrate an emerging reputation in teaching scholarship and pedagogical research.
• Complete the Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Learning and Teaching as determined by the Head of School.

Research and Innovation:

• Support, and may lead, applications for research and creative activities, including applications for external competitive funding, external funding for commercialization and translation activities and other funding demonstrating sustained efforts.
• Build a national reputation, based on a growing, focused body of work recognised for quality, excellence and impact and a growing track record of timely delivery of outcomes for industry partners.
• Initiate, design, conduct and may lead intra and inter-disciplinary research collaborations, to enable major breakthroughs in knowledge and understanding and solutions to complex problems.
• Initiate, design, conduct and may lead in development of industry partnerships and collaboration to enable major breakthroughs, innovative solutions for future translation into real world impact.
• Initiate, design, conduct and may lead innovation and translation into policies, frameworks, strategy, generation of products, services, new ways of operating, priority setting and or other innovations with positive impact and national recognition. Demonstrate timely and sustained delivery of commercialization and translation outcomes.
• Supervise and or examine honours and/or HDR students with timely completions and productive, high-quality outcomes and provide effective mentoring to HDR students to support professional and career development and employability.
• Adopt and promote a culture of research excellence, innovation and impact and support industry partnerships that provide HDRs with industry experience and establish/expand industry networks to create opportunities for placements.
• Communicates outputs to discipline(s) and the community and ensure impact of academic activity in the field and the community.

University Citizenship and Engagement:

• Assist with the implementation of local citizenship activities and contribute to effectiveness as an influencer.
• Contribute to the implementation of specific aspects of the University’s strategic agenda.
• Contribute to the implementation of the University’s community engagement agenda.

Selection:

• PhD in Cyber Security with preference in a relevant discipline like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning.
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs, including innovative curriculum design and research supervision.
• Emerging reputation in research and scholarship through publications and/or exhibitions and/or success in obtaining external research funding.
• Ability to contribute to communities through research.
• Capacity to contribute to leadership of research and administration.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability to establish good working relationships with colleagues.

Additional notes:

• Applicants with an outstanding research record and extensive industry/academic experience may be considered for the role of Senior Lecturer.

Capabilities:

• Emotional Intelligence manages emotions to positively influence behaviour.
• Growth Mindset open to learning and new experiences, invests in development.
• Communicates engages others through persuasive and influential communication.
• Engages Other establishes effective relationships to achieve shared goals.
• Plans work plans the delivery of work while balancing priorities and resources.
• Navigates Complexity makes sense of complex issues and responds insightfully.

Special Requirements:

• This position may require the incumbent to travel domestically and/or internationally (Australia) to attend conferences, events and to represent the university.
• This position requires the incumbent to hold a current Working with children Check (or equivalent security checks).
• This position requires the incumbent to hold a current National Police Record Check (or equivalent security checks)

Note:

Interested Candidates: